English Explanatory Dictionary

-ist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Added to words to form nouns denoting:
  2. a person who studies or practices a particular discipline;
  3. a person who uses a device of some kind;
  4. one who engages in a particular type of activity;
  5. one who suffers from a specific condition or syndrome
  6. one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;
  7. one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;
  8. one who owns or manages something;
  9. a person who holds bigoted, partial views with respect to a particular matter.
  10. a person who speaks or specializes in a (usually constructed) language.

Pronunciation

/-ɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ist.wav /-əst/

Word forms

-ist -ists more -ist most -ist

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist From Middle English -ist, -iste, from Old French -iste and Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), from -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize, -ise”, verbal suffix) + -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix). Equivalent to -ism + -t. Doublet of -ista. Sense 1.9 is influenced by Esperanto -isto.

Related words

-ast -er -ista -ite -or

Translations

Arabic: ـِيّ Armenian: -ական Armenian: -իստ Bulgarian: -ист Catalan: -ista Chinese Mandarin: -主義者 /-主义者 Czech: -ista Czech: -istka Danish: -ist Dutch: -ist Esperanto: -anto Esperanto: -ulo Finnish: -isti French: -iste Galician: -ista Georgian: -ისტი German: -ist Greek: -ιστής Greek: -ίστρια Hebrew: יסט Hungarian: -ista Icelandic: -isti Interlingua: -ista Irish: -aí Irish: -ach Irish: -adóir Italian: -ista Japanese: -主義者 Korean: 주의자 Northern Kurdish: -îst Northern Kurdish: -ger Northern Kurdish: -van Latin: -ista Malay: -is Norwegian: -ist Persian: ـگرا Polish: -ista Polish: -ysta Polish: -istka Polish: -ystka Portuguese: -ista Romanian: -ist Russian: -ист Russian: -и́стка Sicilian: -ista Sicilian: -aru Sicilian: -eri Slovak: -ista Slovak: -istka Spanish: -ista Spanish: -isto Swahili: -isti Swahili: mwana- Swahili: m- Swedish: -ist Turkish: -ist Ukrainian: -іст Ukrainian: -їст Ukrainian: -íстка Ukrainian: -їстка Ukrainian: -ист Ukrainian: -истка Walloon: -isse
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